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GOWERMENT HOUSE HONG KONG.

HK Felno 1403 refers.

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CONFIDENTING

(Tranelation)

Mr AP Asprey

Secretary for Security

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Security Branch

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26 August 1933

Dear Mr Asprey,

Your

letter dezed 19 August 1993 signed by Mr K I Woodhouse on your behalf was faxed to me by NCNA, Hong Kong Branchi On 21 August. Because the meeting dates proposed by so pressing, I have asked Mr Qian Han Wen to pass to You verbally, through NCNA Hong Kong Branch, my opinion which I hope you have already received. respond to your letter as follows:

you

I would now like to

(1) Based on the objective of being responsible to the Hong Kong public for their safety and health and seriously abiding by the relevant international conventions, we have all along been sincere in our attitude towards the meetings conducted between

Guangdong and Rong Kong on emergency work co-operation in the event of nuclear incidents. 1+

wish to reach an agreement as soon as We have proposed to arrange for the delegations to have their second meeting in mid-September because We had spent a lot of time preparing for the

emergency exercise and must now

of our other work after the

is also our

possible.

clear

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backlog

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